GDP per capita by purchasing power standards (indexed to EU average of 100)
62.8
Currency
Forint (HUF)
Human development index (HDI), an index based on life expectancy, education and GDP (max. 1)
0.828
World rank in HDI
44
Key economic sectors
Services (65.3); industry (30.1); agriculture (4.6) (2013)
Leading Companies
OTP Bank Rt., US$5·4bn.; and MOL Magyar Olaj-és Gázipari Rt (Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc), US$4·8bn
Unemployment in 2015
6.4%
Main religious denominations
Christian (81%, of whom 73% are Catholic and 26% are Protestant); religiously unaffiliated (18.6%) (2010)
Political system
A single-chamber National Assembly, elected for a four-year term, elects the President for a five-year term.
Electoral system
Of the 836 members of the National Assembly, 176 are elected by a simple majority system, 152 by proportional representation from county party lists, and the remaining 58 by proportional representation from a national list.
Current (May 2017) leaders
President: János Áder (b. 1959), since May 2012 Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán (b. 1963), since May 2010
Previous leaders:
Presidents: Pál Schmitt (2010-2012); László Sólyom (2005-2010)
Prime Ministers: Gordon Bajnai (2009-2010); Ferenc Gyurcsány (2004-2009)
Joined the EU/EC
2004
Commissioner from country in Barroso II College of Commissioners, and portfolio
László Andor (Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
Number of MEPs
21
Turnout in 2014 EP elections (%)
29 (36.3 in 2009)
Member of eurozone
No
Except where a specific reference is inserted, the sources for this profile are either Neill Nugent’s book itself, or Barry Turner (ed.), The Statesman’s Yearbook Online, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. If your library subscribes, you can gain access at http://www.statesmansyearbook.com
